Re: Observing lags or never ending processes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:53:41 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > What is the VM size of that Emacs session, and how much VM does the
> > system on which it runs have?
> 
> What is VM? 

Virtual Memory.

> How do I find VM?

One way is "M-x proced RET", then look at the line of the Emacs
process to see its current memory footprint.

> I cannot find that term in Emacs Lisp manual.

There are many terms that aren't in the Emacs manual.  That doesn't
mean they cannot be used in discussions here.

> I have 3298 buffers now. Session is 5 days 11 hours 39 minutes.
> 
> $ free
> 
>                total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   
> available
> Mem:         7936724     6804608      399896      213864      732220      
> 528252
> Swap:        8388604     3557448     4831156

Doesn't look too bad to me, but how much of the "used" part is taken
by Emacs?  Use proced to find out.